The 2019 Australian Superbike Championship recently visited South Australia’s ‘The Bend Motorsports Park’, and it was BCperformance Kawasaki’s Bryan Staring that completed a stunning trifecta. Staring’s Dunlop rubber proving too durable around the abrasive surface of the track for his competitors which put the Western Australian was in a race of his own for the latter half of the races. Mike Jones managed his rubber the best to take second for the round ahead of the new Mr Consistent, Cru Halliday. Staring now leads the series by a single point and it is very tight at the top. The weekend for Next Gen Motorsports was a disaster, both Glenn Allerton and Ted Collins were tripped up by fellow competitors and the team walked away with two injured riders and three wrecked bikes from the weekend. Check out our race three report for the championship standings (Link).
Tom Toparis nearly managed to again sweep the Supersport class but local lad Nic Liminton managed to get the better of him in the final stanza for an emotional victory. Broc Pearson and Reid Battye also figured highly but could not match Toparis and Liminton over race distance. Oli Bayliss kept his nose clean to take good points and maintain his fourth place in the championship standings.
The action in Supersport 300 was absolutely mad! Championship leader Max Stauffer didn’t quite have the speed to battle for the wins in South Australia but he was smart enough to card as good a scores as he could make, and retains a handy 33-point lead in the standings. Harry Khouri didn’t quite manage to win a race but was strong and consistent enough to win the round after local star Olly Simpson had his machine fail in the final bout. The ex Red Bull Rookie had won the battles in both of the opening races and was distraught when his machine failed him at the final juncture. Brandon Demmery returned to form in fine style while Hunter Ford claimed a race win. The likes of Seth Crump, Ben Baker and Zac Levy were always in the mix.
ASBK Round The Bend SA Troy Herfoss TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Stephanie Redman TBG
Paul Free working on the DesmoSport Ducati at The Bend in 2019, Ben Henry in background - TBG Image
ASBK Round The Bend SA Paul Free TBG
Mike Jones - Image by TBG Sport
ASBK Round The Bend SA Mike Jones TBG Cover
ASBK Round The Bend SA Josh Waters Daniel Falzon TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Danial Falzon TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Cru Halliday TBG
Bryan Staring with Kelvin Reilly at The Bend last year, the most successful weekend ever in their partnership - TBG Image
ASBK Round The Bend SA Bryan Staring Kelvin Reilly TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Avalon Biddle Jeff Dillon TBG
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Hunter Ford leads Seth Crump and Olly Simpson - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Re Start Hunter FORD Seth CRUMP Olly SIMPSON
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Re Start Grid
Wayne Maxwell - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Wayne MAXWELL
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Round Places Bryan STARING Cru HALLIDAY Mike JONES
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Mike JONES Leads Wayne MAXWELL
Reid Battye and Broc Pearson battle it out - Image by TBG Sport
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend SS Race TBG
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Nic Liminton Richard Liminton TBG
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Tayla Relph TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend SBK R Start TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Mark Chiodo TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Mark Chiodo TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Glenn Scott TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Arthur Sissis TBG Sat
2019 ASBK - Round Three – The Bend
Supersport 300 Race Two - Seth Crump and Senna Agius doing battle
Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Senna AGIUS leads
Australian Supersport Race Two Results
Tom Toparis - Yamaha
Nic Liminton - Yamaha +6.144
Reid Battye - Suzuki +6.695
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Parc Tom TOPARIS Nic LIMINTON Reid BATTYE
2019 ASBK - Round Three – The Bend
Supersport Race Two
Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Nic LIMINTON Tom TOPARIS
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Wayne MAXWELL Rear Tyre
BCperformance Team Manager Kelvin Reilly congratulates Bryan Staring - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Byran STARING Kelvin Reilly
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Grid Mark CHIODO
2019 ASBK
Round Three – The Bend
Race Two Reports
ASBK Superbike Race Two
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Start TBG
ASBK Superbike Race Two - The Bend 2019 - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Bryan STARING Leads
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Race Start
The first start today at The Bend - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R st Start
Daniel Falzon leads the field away - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start
ASBK Superbike Race One Results
Bryan Staring - Kawasaki
Mike Jones - Ducati +4.651
Cru Halliday - Yamaha +4.845
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Bryan STARING Mike JONES Cru HALLIDAY Parc Ferme
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Avalon BIDDLE
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Hunter FORD
Mike Jones - Image Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK Q Mike JONES
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK SatAM Wayne Maxwell
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Hunter FORD Locky TAYLOR
